The college makes their admission decision and picks a few borderline candidates. Then the midyear report is just used to confirm that the student has not slacked off too much, and the borderline candidates are decided based on their senior grades. This would mean that the midyear report would not be weighted as much as the rest of the high school transcript.</p>
<li>The college does not make a decision until they see the midyear report and it is weighted just as heavily as the rest of the transcript.</li>
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<p>Lets say A represents your quarter 1 grade, and B represents your quarter 2 grade.</p>
<p>For the mid year report do they show A and B individually? Or do they add A+B and take the average for the two quarters and put that on the report?</p>
<p>I assume we're talking within the context of regular decision here. Different colleges probably do different things with it; my counselor told me a story sort of relating to scenario 1. this guy didn't do well at the beginning of high school, but then started shaping up. the college kept asking for further progress updates beyond just the midyear report. perhaps that's just a super borderline case though.</p>
<p>For regular decision, I'd wager that most colleges will look at the midyear report and consider it as part of the transcript. They look at the courses, the grades, the trends, etc. It's unlikely that they would ignore this additional data point in considering applications. </p>
<p>Whether colleges see and average your quarter grades depends on the transcript your high school sends. My d's high school sent only the semester grade, not the quarter ones. (And for her previous years, it sent only the final grade.)</p>
<p>For early admissions/decisions candidates, midyear reports are used to verify that the kid hasn't slacked off. That's because the admissions decision had already been made by the time the midyear arrived.</p>
<p>So then does this mean that they don't make ANY decisions until after February 15th (the midyear report due date)? Then what is the point in beginning to read the applications now? Wouldn't they forget everything by the time they get the midyear report?</p>
<p>Agree with Chedva. If you apply early then mid-year report and final report are used to confirm that you have not slacked off. However, if you apply RD, mid-year report is part of the application.</p>
<p>So then NO decisions are made until all the midyear reports come in? That seems to leave too little time (1.5 months from Feb. 15 to April 1) to make a decision on the rest. It might be that the period from December 1st to February 15 is when they read applications and summarize on a card. After the midyear reports come in maybe then they go with the summaries and the whole committee votes on it.</p>
<p>Absolute decisions (clear admits, clear rejects) can be made before the midyear report comes in. For the "clear admits", the midyear report is used as confirmation. The midyear report, though, becomes important for the bulk of the applicants.</p>
<p>And yes, reading begins before the midyear report comes in, notes are taken, categories established, and then the midyear report is considered when it comes in.</p>
<p>Right now I am ranked #1 in my class of 270. After this semester I might (hopefully not) drop to #2, though still getting very good grades. Would the midyear report be a big hit then?</p>